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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2b, New Atlantis, a Work Unfinished (Conversation with Governor continued, Conversation with Joabim).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following supposedly took its toll on Atlantis?
(a) Nature.
(b) The sea.
(c) Divine revenge.
(d) Coya.

2. The sick were quarantined for ____ days.
(a) 10.
(b) 3.
(c) 7.
(d) 5.

3. The ancients looked only to the stars and as such became too focused on ____ and abstract meditation.
(a) Wit.
(b) Logic.
(c) Prayer.
(d) Astrology.

4. Science descended from debates held by the ______.
(a) Greeks.
(b) British.
(c) Romans.
(d) Church.

5. Ultimately, man is nature's _____.
(a) Opponent..
(b) Folly.
(c) Experiment.
(d) Servant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bacon went to work for which King of England?

2. What was the alternative name for the Mexicans?

3. Bacon states that people tend lean toward false and hasty ______.

4. Bacon refers to one's powers as being ____ and reasoning.

5. A person's examination of the world should involve true _____.

(see the answer key)

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